Labette Community College - Parkan Yearbook (Parsons, KS)

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D. ENGLISH LITERATURE AND RHETORIC Sylvia Barnes-Des Moines U. CB. AQ, Iowa U. AJ. Hazel Davison-Okla. U. CB. AQ, Mich. U. QU. AQ. - 1. Rhetoric. Three hours credit. Constructive Eng- lish. Thorough review of grammar, punctuation, and the fundamentals of sentence and paragraph structure. Prob- lems of limiting of material to general subject Study of the underlying principles of all composition, leading up to work in analysis, outline making and the study of the or- ganization of material. Analysis of selections from Pro- gressive Readings in Prose. Study of words and the nicer , qualities of style. Daily use of the College Handbook of lg. VVriting. Tl1e writing of one long informative prose article with bibliography and foot notes is required of all college 5 freshmen. 2. Rhetoric. Two hours credit. Constructive Eng- lish continued. Study of text Writings by Types and the reading and analysis of appropriate selections. The writing of one or two ex- ercises each week. Required of all college freslnnen. 10. English Literature. Two hours credit. A basic study of the Odyssey and the Aeneid', as a review in Greek Mythology. The reading of a part of Paradise Lost,', the Alcestis of Euripides, Shakespeare's 'iHenry IVH part I, and Sheridan's Rivals.', 11. English Literature. Three hours credit. Continuation of course 10. The S reading of Mar-aulay's Lord Clive,', De Quint-cy's Joan of Arc and English Mail Coachf' Lamb's Essays, Carlyle's Heroes and Hero VVorship,l' Wordswortlfs Poems fselectedj, assignments from the Golden Treasury, Arnold's Essays in Criticism,', Arnoldis t'Poems', Cselectedj, Tennysonis Poems,' fselectedj. Z 12. History of English Literature. Two hours credit. First semester. A E comprehensive survey of English Literature from its very beginning through the E Elizabethan Period. Open to sophomores. 2 The purpose of this course is the study of tl1e development of English Literature 2 as a whole, rather than biographies and works of indi- vidul authors considered alone. The history of different forms and types is carefully traced, and the development and relation of periods defined. The reading of illustra- tions is directed to the same purpose. 15. History of English Literature. Three hours credit. Second semester. This follows course 12. A E comprehensive study of English Literature from the age of Dryden to tl1c present time. Open to sophomores. f 3. The Principles of Argumentation and Debate. Three hours credit. First semester. Study of the text Argumentation and Debate by Foster. A careful study of Burke's Speech on Conciliation witl1 America. Several class room debates and one public debate on some national question. Open to sophomores. 4. Advanced Composition. Elective, second semester. Class work, two hours. Two semester credits. Prerequisite, Rhetoric I, and Rhetoric II. Study of tl1e text Creative Prose VVriting by Jefferson and Peckham. Narra- tive and descriptive writing is studied in this course, both in their relation to other forms of composition and as independent forms. The writing of familiar and formal essays is required and special attention is given to the short story. flaw-14 ,mf -pw 1 '- ---aff r-.. -mu 1 9 2 7 mmmmummiig -sf